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Latest News in Telecommunications
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November 25, 2025
LendingTree's QuoteWizard Unit Hit With Telemarketing Suit
Lending Tree's insurance comparison subsidiary QuoteWizard.com LLC violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by placing unsolicited prerecorded telemarketing calls to people's phones without first getting their express consent, according to a proposed class action filed Monday in North Carolina federal court.
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November 25, 2025
MVP: Paul Weiss' Ravi Purohit
Ravi Purohit of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP helped walk Brookfield through its $7 billion purchase of Blackstone's Hotwire Communications in a deal where his firm had clients on both sides, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Telecommunications MVPs.
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November 25, 2025
Va. Jails Warn Site Commission Ban Could Curtail Services
Regional jails in Virginia are concerned that a renewed plan to prohibit site commissions from prison phone call providers will eat into the facilities' revenue stream and lead to a reduction in services for incarcerated people.
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November 25, 2025
NJ Panel Confirms Utility Co. Misclassified Workers
A New Jersey utility systems installer should have classified workers on public projects under the prevailing wages for electricians, a New Jersey appellate panel said Tuesday, affirming the state Department of Labor determination that the company owed nearly $159,000 in wages, penalties and fees.
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November 24, 2025
Hytera Fights $290M Restitution Bid At Sentencing Hearing
Counsel for Hytera Communications Corp. urged an Illinois federal judge Monday to reject prosecutors' request that it pay more than $290 million in restitution to Motorola Solutions Inc. for conspiring to steal its trade secrets, arguing during the first day of a two-day sentencing hearing that Motorola will be made whole by the more than $600 million Hytera must fork over in a parallel civil case.
Areas of Coverage
- AGENCIES
- Federal Communications Commission
- Federal Trade Commission
- U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
- National Telecommunications and Information Administration
- State and local telecom regulators
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Antitrust, consumer protection, and privacy controls
- Telecom lobbying
- International telecom regulation and legislation
- ENFORCEMENT
- Surveillance investigations and enforcement
- FCC administrative proceedings
- Merger reviews
- LITIGATION
- Antitrust suits
- Consumer litigation and class actions
- Privacy disputes, including government surveillance complaints and data breach suits
- Intellectual property issues, including piracy actions
- International trade suits
- Fights over telecom regulatory limits
- Labor and employment suits
- Shareholder litigation
- Bankruptcy proceedings
- TRANSACTIONS
- Mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures
- Telecom infrastructure projects
- Share buybacks and stock splits
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of telecommunications law practices
Readership
- Telecommunications lawyers at top law firms
- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Executives and attorneys at telecommunications companies
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals